Portable radiator-heater.



M. LEWLESS; PORTABLE RADIATOR HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28, 1914.

Patented July 7, 1914.

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I provision of a portable radiator proved form of radiator i will),

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M-ILEREBLEWLESS, 0?? NEW N.

Application filed January as, laid. Serial it'o. 31%,925

12; all whom it may concern; Be it known that l, MILDR D. LEWWS?) a to any suitable radiator being connected having the usual source of water supply and citizen of the United States, an a residen legs 12 by; which it is, supported. The secof the city of New York, boroug of Broolgtions. are' also. connected in any preferred lyn, in the county of Kingsand State oil lew manner y a, pipe connection id'through York, have. invented a new and lmprov 1 which water is suppliedtothe. various sec?v Portable Radiator -Heate r, of wh chthe foltions forming the component parts of t e lowing is a full, clear, and'exact description. radiator constituting apart of a heating sysinvention compre ends t e tern or a complete heating heater, thei althoug the present device 18 more paradapte to receive any imticularly adapted for application to radia- L having suitable means forsupplying water thereto and can rying a burner or heating the. water or gensystem in rise. a

The present device being men w ater supply system. 'l he device. comprising erating steam for heating purposes. 4; o A further object of the invention is comsubstantially rectangular shape and made 0 prehended in the provision of a radiator 1 metal In the drawings the same is shown as being made of arectangular shell of sheet or I portions 15 and-end; provided with'spaced apertures 1'? for an choring the device to the usual connecting heater which embodies. a. novel form of .base a or receiving compartment for a radiator and which incloses such part of the latter as to produce a maximum quantity of heat with a, minimum of fuel by permitting the proper. portion of the radiator sections to be inbolts. 18 of the radiator sections. The conclos'ed or subjected to the action of the heat Y nection of the base to the radiator is not esing: mediumto secure a maximum amount o 3 sential and may be omitted without departheat radiation from the remaining portionf ing from the spirit of the invention. he which is exposed. K upper longitudinal edges of the side portions With the above and other objects in view, 1 15 are provided with spaced extensions 1 the invention resides in the peculiar coml which are adapted to extend between the bination an arrangement of arts to be radiator sections in the manner shown in hereinafter more fully described, illustrated i Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings with certain an c i e it being also an object to prO- of the extensions bent around the connecting vide a device which is simple in construction, bolts. 18, as shown at 20. By this means the dnrable and efficient in operation and not base member is more positively anchored lilgely'to get out of working or er. against movement or shifting with respect Reference is to, be had to the accompanyto, the radiator as an entirety, but the essening drawings forming apart of this, specitial purpose 0 the extensions 19 is to'close fication, in which similar characters of; ref-v the Spaces between the radiator sections to erence indicate correspondingparts in all the 1 prevent the escape of heat generated as en views, and in wh1ch ergy beneath the hollow sections of the radii- Figure l is a vertical longitudinal secator and thus to causea maximum heating of the water or generation of steam for ing purposes.

The sides 15 are also provided with inwardly extending flanges 21 and secured to each end wall 16 transversely of the latter at their lower edges is an en flange or angle iece 2 2, the same having feet 23 depending therefrom to be located approximately .e

neath the extremities or tread portions 0 tional view of d portable'rad a tor heater having a radiator mounted there 111.; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l and looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 8, is a detail perspective view of a portion of the base or compartment f the heater;

forming apart 0 and 4 1s a perspective view of the comonent parts forming the bottom of the v ase or compartment, showing the construc the legs 12 of the radiator so as to withstan tion'gf the main bottom and the auxiliary or support the weight of the latter without bottom which is suspended therefrom. materially bearing upon the base itself. In In illustrating the use and application of this manner the material forming the base may be made very ti ht and thus the device diator 10 I w h can be more economically 'inanufacture the invention I w 11, the

have shown ara which comprises a serles of sections the invention con-- tors which have no connection with a cornice . the angle pieces 22 the shell of the heater so as of the draft openings to within the base and after the attachment of to the ends thereof as by riveting or otherwise, a bottom plate 24 is fitted in the base or compartment forming to rest upon the horizontal portion. of the angle pieces and the flanges 21. The base, however, has its intermediate longitudinal edges severed, as shown at 25, to provide end extensions 26 which rest upon the flanges 21 While the intermediate portions are bent upwardly, as shown at 27, to provide side openings with which the bendable or flexible portions 27 cooperate to form draft regulators or means to control or regulate the draft or supply of air to the combustion chamber beneath the radiator, by varying the widths of the openings between the parts 27 and the sides 15 of the base.

The burner is indicated by the numeral 28 and consists in the present instance, for purposes of illustration, of a pipe or tube having suitable burner openings 28 for the escape of the fiml, the combustion of which is properly supported by the air entering the draft openings. any form of thermostatic or pressure valve which is connected to the pipe section 13. to communicate with the interior of the radiator sections and is adapted to cooperate with a valve 30 interposed in the supply pipe 31 which leads to a mixing chamber 32 communicating with the burner 28. The supply of fuel through the pipe 31 and into the mixing chamber is regulated by a valve 33 which is preferably of the needle type. The casing of the diaphragm or other valve 29 communicates with the pipe section 13 as is obvious, so that the radiator if not connected to a common water supply system may be supplied with water through a filling cup 34, the inlet *pipe being capable of being opened or closed by mcaps of a valve A glass gage 86 also communicates with the upper and lower portions of the (.liaphragm casing for the purpose of determining the height of the water in the radiator.

As before mentioned, the up-turned portions'27 constitute dra ft regulators or valves co iperal ing with the spaces between the longitudinal edges of the bottom 24 and (he sides 15, and those valves are adapted to be bent inwardly or outwardly or otherwise moved for reslricting or im-rcasing the sizes supply the proper quantity of air or oxygen to the con-duration chamber. The heat generated in the chant bcr, however, is quite extreme and it is new essary to provide some means to obviate the heating of the floor due to [ho relatively low bosilion of the bottom of the healer. F r this purpose an auxiliary bottom 37 is vided, the same consisting of a metal lion having up-turned side portions Previous to the mounting of'the radiator- The numeral 29 indicates I which at their upper edges have hoolied or inwardly extending re-bent portions 39.

he auxiliary length to the length of the ncisions in the longitudinal edges of the bottom 24, or in other words, the lengths of the draft open- "ings and thevalves or regulators therefor, so that the inturned portions 39 will engage over the upper'edges of the parts 27 to suspend the auxiliary bottom in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawingsand thus provide an air space 40 between the main and auxiliary bottoms with its sides closed and its ends open and opposite and distinct from the openings provided in the sides of the main ottom'. In this manner benefit is derived from the full amount of air present at the sides of the radiator without dividing the same to partly enter the cooling space between the main and auxiliary bottoms and a cool and complete current of air is supplied through the cooling space. Since gas, kerosene, gasolene or any other kind of fuel may be used with the improved heater, as distinguished from coal burning heaters, there will be a minimum of dirt caused as well as time and care in looking after the device, and the cost of maintenance will" alslo be minimized. Having thus described my invention, what bottom 37 corresponds in I claim as new and desire to secure by Let usual legs, comprising a casing adapted to removably inclose and support the lower portion of a radiator therein, and a burner mounted in said casing between'smid legs.

2. A portable radiator heater adapted for application to ordinary radiators supporting legs, comprising a casing adapted to inclose the legs and lower portion of a radiator, supports for said casing upon which the radiator legs are adapted to rest whereby the radiator is relation to the floor, a burner extending longitudinally of the casing and supported in theends thereof beneath said radiator. and means for controlling the supply of fuel to the burner.

3. A portable base For radiators having supporting legs, comprising a casing having closed side and end walls, extensions carried by the casing for disposal between the sections of the radiator to close between, said radiator being provided with supply means for water, means for supplying heat to the casing beneath the radiator, and a bottom for the base having ond'lian'ges upon which said radiator through the instrumontality 4. A portable heater of the comprising a casing of substantially rectiliri car contour, having open top and bottom portions, moans'at the top of said legs. class dead 'ibed having supported in spaced the spaces thereis supported portion of the casing to form a tight joint with a wateran air space and havingflpoenesidwsipg carrying element mounted in the casing, feet said space adjacent to the draft openings, no for the casing near the ends thereof to susthe ends of said space being open to permit tain the weight of the element, means above the circulation of air therethrough independthe feet to sustain and carry the radiator, ently of the draft Openings aforesaid, and a and a bottom for the casing having side heating medium carried by the casing bedraft openings. tween said draft openings. 45

5. A portable heater of the class described, 7. The combination with a radiator, comcomprising a casing of substantially rectilinprising a series of spaced sections and eonear contour having open top and bottom nectmg means for said sections, said radiator portions, means at the top portion of the having supporting legs, of a cas ng snugly casing to form a tight joint with a water fitting around the lower portion of the radi- 5o carryihg element mounted in the casing, feet ator and removably connected to said secfor t a casing near the ends thereof to'sustron-connecting means, means for supplying tam the weight of the element, flanges at water to the radiator sections, a series or mailed to the ends of the casing and cairyspaced extensions at the sides of the casing tain the weight of the element, flanges attion chamber.

ing said feet, a main bottom supported upon dlsposed between said sections, said sides 56 said flanges between the element and. the having inturned flanges at th Ir lower edges flanges, said bottom having up-turned side inwardly extending supports at the ends oii portions producing draft openings and regusaid casing upon which the radiator legs lators therefor, and an auxiliary bottom susrest, a burner extendingthrough the casing pended from said Lip-turned portions in and. supported in the ends thereof beneath 69 spaced relation to the main bottom. the radiator, and a double bottom supported 6. Aportable heater of the class described, upon the flanges and inwardly entending comprising a casing of substantially rectilinsupports at the bottom of the casing, said ear contour having open top and bottom bottom having draft openings at the sides portions, means at the top portion of the for supplying air to the combustion chamber 65 casing to form a tight joint with a waterbeneath the radiator, and openings at tne carrying element mounted in the casing, feet ends for supplying air between the portlons for the casing near the ends thereof to susof the double bottom beneath said combnstachcd to the ends of the casing and carry- In testimony whereof I have signed my ing said feet, a main bottom supported upon name to this specification in the presence of said flanges between the element and the two subscribing witnesses.

flanges, said bottomhaving up-turned side MILDRED LEWLESS. portions producing draft openings and regu- Witnesses: lators therefor, an auxiliary bottom in spaced LOUIS Sonaernn,

relation bcpeath said main bottom to provide JonN J. MCSOERRES. 

